July 18, 2023 | International, Other Defence
Defense Innovation Board pushes ‘Oasis’ fund for promising technology
The funding would help transition technology from startups and commercial companies to Defense Department procurement programs.
June 23, 2020 | International, Aerospace, C4ISR
Aviation Week Forecasts: Western C4ISR Commercial Airliner Aircraft MRO 2020-2029
June 23, 2020
Aviation Week Network forecasts that from 2020 to 2029, Western-built commercial airliners performing military C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) missions will generate $20.7 billion in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand, declining 4% over the decade. These figures only include aircraft categorized as commercial airliners that are specifically equipped to perform C4ISR missions against land and airborne targets—everything from aircraft equipped with just electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) devices to sophisticated electronic warfare platforms. Excluded are observation aircraft not specially equipped for C4ISR missions, any dedicated search-and-rescue aircraft, and military VIP transports.
The single largest source of MRO demand over the forecast is the Boeing 707, which will produce a dominant 78.6% of the global forecast total. The 707 is the base airframe for 13 different C4ISR platforms around the globe, including the U.S.'s E-3, E-6, and E-8 fleets. Despite the dominance, the 707's annual demand will decline 14.5% in the next 10 years. Boeing's queen of the skies, the 747, will produce the second most MRO demand this decade, albeit a 10th of the 707. The 747 takes the lead in terms of MRO decline, shedding 33.5% of its demand by 2029 as the U.S. Air Force is expected to retire some of its smallest but most expensive-to-maintain fleets like the E-4. There is an estimated $330 million in MRO demand for yet-undecided military competitions and requirements that are assessed to be won by a commercial airliner C4ISR platform. While only 1.6% of the forecast total, it is 7.1% of the total in 2029, making it the second-largest source of MRO that year.
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February 10, 2022 | International, Aerospace, C4ISR
Les projets d’aérostats, militaires et civils, se multiplient
Air & Cosmos observe que les projets d'aérostats militaires et civils se multiplient ces dernières années. En novembre 2021, l'armée de l'Air israélienne a présenté son programme « Sky Dew », un ballon équipé d'un radar de haute précision qui doit être déployé dans le nord du pays. En France, l'entreprise A-NSE produit des aérostats au profit du Bataillon de Marins Pompiers de Marseille, qui a utilisé un appareil (le T-C60L) pour surveiller le risque d'incendie sur le Parc national des Calanques. Frontex a employé un appareil du même constructeur pour surveiller la frontière entre la Grèce et la Turquie, de même que l'armée allemande au Niger. L'entreprise Flying Whales travaille quant à elle avec l'ONF (Office National des Forêts), pour transporter du bois depuis des régions inaccessibles aux moyens classiques. L'armée française a lancé un contrat d'études, confié à Thales et Thales Alenia Space, pour un dirigeable HAPS (High Altitude Platform System), le Stratobus, doté de quatre moteurs électriques et mesurant 140 mètres de long, qui devrait s'élever à 20 km d'altitude et remplir un rôle d'ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), tout en étant capable d'établir un réseau de communication d'urgence. Air & Cosmos du 8 février
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June 11, 2018 | International, Aerospace, Land
Army Wants Manned-Aircraft Airworthiness Levels From Future UAS
Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology Its appetite Fueled by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Army is a big user of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), from thousands of hand-launched RQ-11 Ravens to hundreds of tactical RQ-7 Shadows and medium-altitude MQ-1C Gray Eagles. And the service has made progress in how it uses UAS, including manned-unmanned teaming between Shadows and AH-64 Apache helicopters in the reconnaissance role. But as it looks to the future, the Army is less than happy with some aspects of its UAS ... http://aviationweek.com/defense/army-wants-manned-aircraft-airworthiness-levels-future-uas